Earl Scruggs : banjo icon by Gordon Castelnero(
Book
)3
editions published
in
2017
in
English
and held by
190 WorldCat member
libraries
worldwide
In 1945 at Nashville's Ryman Auditorium, the original home of the Grand Ole Opry, a skinny 21 year-old from North Carolina
stepped onto the stage and lit a firestorm by picking the five-string banjo like no one had ever heard before. His rapid three-finger
technique and clarity of notes sent the audience into a cheerful frenzy. In just one night, Earl Scruggs transformed the banjo,
which had been widely associated with clowns and background accompaniment, into a mainstream solo instrument pursued by countless
musicians. After a two year stint with the Father of Bluegrass music, Bill Monroe, Earl and lead singer/guitarist, Lester
Flatt, formed their own group, the Foggy Mountain Boys, more commonly billed as Flatt and Scruggs. Gordon Castelnero and David
Russell explore Scrugg's rise to fame and lasting legacy on bluegrass music and banjo playing traditions. With interwoven
interviews with the Scruggs family and over 30 notable banjo players, this narrative biography will shed light on the history
of bluegrass for both amateur and professional musicians, students of music and American history, and any reader entranced
by Scrugg's unmistakable sound

TV land--Detroit by Gordon Castelnero(
Book
)3
editions published
in
2006
in
English and Undetermined
and held by
129 WorldCat member
libraries
worldwide
"An in-depth and personal look at the most popular and best-remembered local shows from the golden years of Detroit TV." "Long
before cable, prepackaged syndication, infomercials, do-it-yourselfers, and reality shows cluttered the television dial, there
was a brand of entertainment that has today nearly vanished from the airwaves: local TV. And with its colorful and quirky
cast of characters, Detroit TV arguably offered some of the best of the best of local programming anywhere in the nation -
a smorgasbord of exuberant, one-of-a-kind television shows."

Michigan & the American dream(
Visual
)1
edition published
in
1998
in
English
and held by
3 WorldCat member
libraries
worldwide
This videorecording tells the success stories of 14 different businesspeople, inventors and professionals from Michigan. Includes
Anna Bissel, America's first female CEO, and Dr. Alexa Canady, first and youngest African-American female neurosurgeon